Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 10:48 AM EST for Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2016, 10:48 AM EST (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:20 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Valdese, NC | FLOODING AT A NURSING FACILITY. |
| Feb 3, 12:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Morganton, NC | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. LAST REPORTS CAME IN JUST AFTER 1230PM. CREEKS OUT OF BANKS AND OVER ROADS IN LAKE JAMES AREA AND TOWARD MCDOWELL COUNTY...NC 126 AT GLEN ALPINE...AND SEVERAL IN THE CITY OF MORGANTON. |
| Feb 3, 1:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Lenoir, NC | SEVERAL CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS THE COUNTY...WITH NEW REPORTS COMING IN THIS AFTERNOON. CREWS OUT DEPLOYING BARRICADES COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Feb 3, 1:50 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Gamewell, NC | CELIA CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS ON CELIA CREEK ROAD JUST SOUTH OF GAMEWELL. CREEK IS HITTING THE BRIDGE AND ONLY 1 FT FROM SURFACE OF HARTLAND ROAD |
| Feb 3, 2:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Patterson, NC | BRIDGE UNDER WATER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN GRAVE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 268. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
322
WGUS52 KGSP 031548
FFWGSP
NCC023-027-032145-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0003.160203T1548Z-160203T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1048 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EST
* AT 1047 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LAST
NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...VALDESE...
GAMEWELL...HUDSON...ICARD...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN AND DREXEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ALONG
MOUNTAIN CREEKS CAN CAUSE SUDDEN INCREASES IN WATER FLOW AND LEVELS
DOWNSTREAM...EVEN IN AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING. PEOPLE
PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR RECREATION SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK HIGH
GROUND AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR
MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT
OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8155 3607 8141 3602 8134 3583 8134
3557 8153 3556 8166 3561 8175 3558 8182
3572 8187 3581 8199 3588 8191 3596 8194
3600 8190 3596 8181 3607 8174 3610 8180
3611 8181
$$
TDP1 follow-up statement
995
WGUS72 KGSP 032108
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
NCC023-027-032118-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
408 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CALDWELL AND BURKE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...MINOR FLOODING FROM RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE AND A
FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3612 8155 3607 8141 3602 8134 3583 8134
3557 8153 3556 8166 3561 8175 3558 8182
3572 8187 3581 8199 3588 8191 3596 8194
3600 8190 3596 8181 3607 8174 3610 8180
3611 8181
$$
WJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 9:33 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 6:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 57 min |
| Feb 3, 7:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 38 min |
| Feb 3, 9:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 26 min |
| Feb 3, 10:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 66 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 10:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 11:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Feb 3, 11:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 3, 12:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 15 min |
| Feb 3, 12:50 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Swain | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Feb 3, 1:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 30 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 2:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 41 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 5 more | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.